”On the dry island of Hierro in the Canary Islands, there is a legend of the rain tree: a giant ‘Til’ tree (Ocotea foetens), …the leaves of which condensed the mountain mists and caused water to drip into two large cisterns which were placed beneath. the tree was destroyed in a storm in 1612 a.d. but the site is known, and the remnants of the cistern preserved…[this one tree] distilled sufficient water from the sea mists to meet the needs of all the inhabitants.”
-David Bramwell
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Oro Negro
November 28th, 2007 at 10:59 am
What an interesting myth. I think we, as a global community, need to think about it.